PoKc 1&-A-THK BRUNSWICK BEACON. Thursday. November 19. 1987
EMC Votes Again For New
Stormwater Run-otf Rules
Voting for the second time in two
months, the N.C. Environmental
Management Commission last
Thursday adopted less restrictive,
hijt broader stormwater run-off rules
for the coast on a 9-6 vote.
The rules are expected to become
effective Feb. 1, 1988, unless the Ad
ministrative Rules Review Commit
tee considers the new rules when it
meets today iThursday). In that
case, they could go into effect
.lanuary 1988.
Commission Vice Chairman James
C. Wallace sought to delay the vote
until the conunission's next meeting
on Dec. 10, telling the 17-member
coimnission the session appeared to
be an effort *To ram it through.”
However, that motion failed 5-10.
Commissioner Garrett Smathers, a
professor of ecology, said the state
lacked the data it needs to establish
new rules. Tf additional funding is
needed,” he suggested, “go back and
do a thorough investigation.”
On Oct. 8 the commission affirmed
the rules on a 10-3 vote, but only after
ten members met in an illegal secret
session the day before the vote.
Two members who liave been ad
vised they have a potential conflict of
interest. Terry Turner of
Wrightsville Beach, and Robert W.
Griffith Jr. of Morehead City, were
among those voting wiUi the majori
ty. A third member advised of a
potential conflict, l-arr>- Fitzpatrick.
absUiined. The chairman also did not
vote.
While supporting the commission’s
action. Gov. Jim Martin requested
the second vote to avoid any potential
lawsuit related to the first vole.
While spokesmen for numerous
groups charged the commission's
vote was politically motivated, state
officials contend that current regula-
tion.s. which expire Dec. 31. have
essentially halted most high-density
construction near shellfish waters.
The new regulations cover 38 times
the coastal area covered by the old
niles. taking in 20 coastal counties
under Coastal Area .Management Act
regulations. They require major
developments in the CAMA counties
to contain the first inch of a day’s
rainfall on site. Major developments
near shellfish Ix'ds would have to
U\e iirsl V5 inches of rainfall,
and those near lesser quality waters,
ont^-half inch. The old regulations re
quired developments within 575 feet
of -shellfishing waters to contain the
first 4.5 inches of rainfall.
Environmental concerns stem
from the fact that when stormwater
runs off a development, it may carry
with into nearby waters scdnicnt.
Iiacteria. nutrients and other
pollutants. Shellfish habitat is most
sensitive to the contaminants.
Among the nine voting for the new
regulations were Jerry I>ewis, a
semi-retired Shallotte engineer.
Four public hearings have been
held on the propased rule changes,
however comments were heard
again last Thursday.
Speaking against the new rules last
week was Rep. Robert Grady of
Onslow County, who urged the Com
mission to retain the current rules,
along with shcllfishcmian l,ena Rit
ter of Stump Sound, a member of the
N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission
and president of the N.C. CoasUil
Federation.
“If you go with this inch and a lialf
you’re making a terrible mistake.”
she said, anticipating more waters
closed to shellfishing and more
fishermen out of work.
Clark Calloway, a director of the
N.C. Fisheries Association, told the
commissioners current estuarine
problems are having “a severe ef
fect” on the state's seafood industry,
with customers saying they don’t
want North Carolina seafood pro
ducts.
Those speaking in favor of the new
rules included Doug Boykin of the
Alliance for Coastal Management, a
coalition of businessmen and
developers. He described the rules as
a compromise. Boykin added that he
understands new development
makes up less than “five percent of
the problem” associated with storm
water ninoff. with older development
having the greater effect. He also
told the commissioners water
classifications along the coast are
wrong, that the state needs to remap
shellfish areas and reclas.sify waters.
Ninety percent of all ninoff. he said,
is captured in the Ha inch rule.
However, George Everette, chief
of the state’s Water Quality Control
section, said to protect coastal water
quality rules should be stronger. He
said that the current regulations, in
effect since November 1986, aren’t
stringent enough as they relate to
.shellfishing waters.
Instead of upgrading waters, he in
dicated. waters once classified as
suitable for shellfishing are no
longer.
The staff of the Division of En
vironmental Management, in its
summary regarding the new rules,
concluded, “The near water impact
of stormwater as addressed in the ex
isting rules is important, but the
cumulative impact of stormwater
runoff throughout the coastal zone is
clearly more important from a water
quality standpoint.”
Staff further wrote that some con-
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cems of opponents appeared to be
aimed more at “minimizing density
along the estuarine shoreline rather
tlian water quality protection. "
EMC staff also noted that the
department doesn’t regulate land use
factors that also affect protection of
water quality—including density,
number of septic systems, potential
sewer system failures and the like,
which are under the jurisdiction of
local governments or other state
agencies.
The new rules relax design stonn
standards for shellfishing waters.
They also set limits on built-upon
area including gravel driveways,
area of the buildings and other struc
tures, but exclude decking. Limits
are 25 percent for projects draining
into shellfish-quality waters and 30
percent for other waters. Current
regulations allow up to 20 percent im-
per\’ious rover within the 75-foot
CAMA area of environmental con
cern and 30 percent in the next
500-foot zone from shellfish-quality
waters.
Georgia l.,angley. who lakes office
in December as a Holden Beach com
missioner. attended the meeting. She
expressed concerns about the poten
tial of increased pollution from
stormwater runoff without other con
trols. She said she understands the
new rules only apply to projects of
one acre or more that require a
CAMA permit for development.
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Probe Into Alleged Beating Continues In Columbus County
BV IU\HN ADAMS
Investigators in Columbus County
Tuesday were still trying to piece
together the facts surrounding an
alleged assault that involved a
Brun-swick County man over two
weeks ago in Crusoe.
According to Columbus County
Sheriff’s Capt. George Dudley, no
charges had been filed as of Tuesday
in connection with the incident that
sent Kenneth Marlowe, 37, of Ash, to
New Hanover Memorial Hospital in
Wilmington for treatment of injuries
to his mouth and jaw.
Dudley said Marlowe suffered a
broken jaw and cut Up. and lost all
but four of his teeth.
Dudley would not comment Tues
day on speculation that the alleged
beating was racially motivated.
Marlowe is black. His alleged
assailants were white.
“Until we get some lab work back,
I’m not in any position to say  exart-
ly what happened).” Dudley said.
The incident was first reported to
the Brunswick County Sheriff’s
Department Nov. 1 by the victim’s
mother. Dessie Marlowe of Route 1,
Ash, according to Brunswick County
Sheriff's Capt. Phil Perry.
Perry said Ms. Marlowe told of
ficers that her son had come to her
house that day around 5 a.m., to tell
her he had been taken to Crusoe and
beaten by five men.
Marlowe also told his mother that
he had been involved in a pickup
truck wreck on N.C. 130 near the Col
umbus County line. Perry said.
Perry said his department, at that
point, could not determine if the
man’s injuries were from the wreck
or the alleged beating.
However, Marlowe later confirmed
that he had been beaten. The case
was then turned over Columbus
County authorities, after Brunswick
County la>vmen concluded that the
alleged assault took place in Colum
bus County, Perry said.
Dudley said Det. Roy Norris was
working on the Marlowe case Tues
day in Brunswick Count>\
”We have statements from him
(Marlowe) and from other people
concerned,” Dudley said.
Dudley indicated Tuesday that his
office would be able to comment on
the case in more detail “in about a
week," after additional interviews
have been done and test results on
evidence have l>een received.
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